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Alexander Calder, The Ghost, 1964 © 2025 Calder Foundation, New York

Sable Monroe

How Alexander Calder Brought Joan Miró’s Art to...

Joan Miró painted dreams; Alexander Calder gave them form. Discover how Calder’s mobiles brought Miró’s whimsical world into kinetic 3D.

Petrit Halilaj via Fondazione Merz

Julian Ashford

Soft, Fragile, Divine: The Beauty of Contempora...

Meet the contemporary sculptors turning porcelain, fabric, wax, and hair into surreal visions of fragility, fantasy, and emotional power.

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, 1495-1498 via Wikipedia/Public Domain

Elise Marlowe

Celebrating World Art Day: Da Vinci’s Living Le...

On World Art Day, we spotlight 10 visionary artists who kept Leonardo da Vinci’s legacy alive through science, mysticism, and bold ideas.

Christ’s Charge to Peter, from The Acts of the Apostles tapestry series. Attributed to the workshop of Hans (Jan) Mattens after Raphael (1483–1520). Glencairn Museum Collection. Image and information courtesy of Glencairn Museum

Miles Avery

Tapestry as Time Machine: When Walls Told Stories

An immersive look at how medieval and Renaissance tapestries like the Bayeux and Unicorn series wove myth, history, and power into art.

Hans Hemmert via artsmania

Lena Whitmore

Five International Contemporary Sculptors To Know

Explore how 5 innovative sculptors transform art with playful designs, immersive installations, and new perspectives on form and interaction.

Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party via Frieze Magazine

Taylor Hunt

Feasting on History: Judy Chicago’s The Dinner ...

Judy Chicago’s "The Dinner Party" honors 39 women from history with a bold, feminist installation featuring intricate place settings and vulvar motifs.

Merode Altarpiece via worldhistory.org

Jesslyn Low

Altarpieces

Altarpieces, rooted in 11th-century religious tradition, evolve as contemporary artists reimagine their storytelling potential in diverse ways.

Franz Struck, The Sin detail via Artsy

Rosella Parra

Femme Fatales

The femme fatale archetype evolved from seductive, dangerous women in 19th-century art to manipulative, powerful figures in film noir and beyond.

Joe Colombo via Italian Design Club

Madelyn Kenney

Joe Colombo

Italian designer Joe Colombo's imaginative furniture, like the Elda Chair and Boby Trolley, fused art and function, leaving a lasting design impact.

_Brat_ album cover, 2024, Asylum, Atlantic and Warner UK, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Louise Irpino

How Charli XCX’s “Brat” Became the Soundtrack o...

Charli XCX's album "Brat" became the soundtrack of Summer 2024 with bold hyperpop, clever marketing, and a "brat" persona embraced by fans.